Tag: music

  • View from 3rd Mountain: Folk & the Old Ways

    View from 3rd Mountain: Folk & the Old Ways

    By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member I build “Folk” instruments, 5-string banjos & variations on the dulcimer.  There are times when I’m building these instruments it feels sacramental probably due to their cultural origins. These instruments are what I call “earth informed”, because the materials used are wood, gourds, metal, & animal hide, & that…